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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Welcome back to the second installment of inspiration from the Our Creative Corner team!

Thank you so much to all of you who have taken part so far in our 'Anything Goes' challenge. There has been an amazing response and all the team have had so much fun visiting you all and seeing what wonderful creations you have shown us.

Thank you so much for supporting our first challenge as a new team - we are so very grateful.....

The first two weeks of the challenge started with half of the team showing you some creations to lead you on your way down your own creative path - Now the rest of the team are here to provide you with even more inspiration!

I am sure you are impatient to see what has made for you to view here today...so no more talk from me!....I present to you the fantastic creations from the Our Creative Corner design team!

I created a vintage style booklet, telling about yet "untold" stories
that may have happened that way in historic places but have never been
told (as I believe it is the people who have been to them that "write"
the stories and not the places themselves). And in a certain sense of
the meaning we write history every day, don't we? Therefore I tried to keep the pages stories rather sketchy - so there is
room for imagination and poetry.

This tag was the result of an impromptu crafty tutorial session for a
friend completely new to crafting. I was just grabbing anything to show
her what was possible, and she followed along with her own version.

So it's got Distress Inks, Stains, stamping, embossing, wrinkle-free
distress technique, spritz and flick, die-cutting, punching, and ribbon
dyeing - a bit of everything and anything, and I ended up really loving
it - so it seemed perfect for Anything Goes!

There are two more weeks of our challenge left....so why not have fun creating
anything you want and join our Anything Goes challenge

The deadline for this challenge is Tuesday 28th May at 11.59pm

The winner and Top 3 from this challenge will be announced on the 8th June.

The winner will be invited to appear as 'The Top Talent' here at OCC, have a short interview so we can find out all about them and there will be a 'Spotlight' on a new project they have created. The winner's Top Talent interview and creation will be on the 22nd July.

Make sure you are here next month to find out what our next challenge will be - Jenny will be here on the 1st June to announce her challenge. Come and see what surprises are in store for you and where your next OCC challenge journey will take you!

Bring your creations to Our Creative Corner and you could be our WINNER!Challenge Winners

The winner and Top 3 from this challenge will be announced on the 8th June.

The winner will be invited to appear as 'The Top Talent' here at OCC, have a short interview so we can find out all about them and there will be a 'Spotlight' on a new project they have created.

The winner's Top Talent interview and creation will be on the 22nd July.We have a page on this blog called 'Winner's Corner' The winner's name will be featured on this

For
entrants who have won our challenges and have been featured as 'Top
Talent' 3 times - there will be a very special 'Gold Winner' badge for
you to proudly display on your blog There is only one way to get your badges and have your name placed forever in 'Winners Corner' - Enter the challenges!

So now may I very proudly present some of our DT creations to inspire you Remember, there are more DT creations to come. So please come back on the 15th of May for more wonderful inspiration!

I decided to go with my usual Shabby Chic tag in faded dusty pastels. It is always so lovely working in lovely delicate vintage shades and also to add lots of flowers, ink, stamps, ribbons, lace, layers, torn paper and, of course, the essential - an inspiring sentiment.

For my very first Design Team project, I decorated this journal for a
new crafting friend who is just 9 years old but has aspirations as a
dress designer. I was longing to use the new Julie Nutting mixed media
doll stamp mixed with some vintage scraps.

I always like to try new things or confront media or techniques that
have so far been a challenge, so for my first Our Creative Corner
project I tackled my nemesis - alcohol inks!! This little glass jar has
been altered to within an inch of its life and it all started with
alcohol inks

I've been learning mixed media and paint techniques with Andy Skinner
and this is a club piece I finished recently. I think you'll either love
him or hate him but he makes me swoon! The starting point was a plain
bisque figure (cream coloured) designed by AS then many layers of
Americana paint and Decoart mediums later, this is how he ended up.

RULES

1. You may enter each challenge a maximum of THREE times - but they must be different creations and posted on your blog separately.

2. If you post too many entries then they will sadly have to be deleted.

3. NO backlinking. Please do not enter a creation that was published on your blog before our challenge start date.

4. Please link to your actual post - not your blog.

5. Please include a link to our challenge in your blog post

6. You may combine our challenge with as many other challenges you wish.

7. If you want a comment from the Design Team then your entry has to be a link to a site that does not require us to become a member to sign in.